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G. G. Maldonado vs Gerry Cooney — record, stats and common opponents compared

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G. G. Maldonado

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Gerry Cooney

G. G. Maldonado (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Gerry Cooney (28-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Maldonado

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cooney

28

Wins24 KO · 86%

3

Losses

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Cooney leads 1–0

G. G. Maldonado and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.

G. G. Maldonado and Gerry Cooney have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met1978Jun 22Series
G. G. MaldonadoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gerry CooneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Maldonado 0 · Cooney 5 of 5 measurable rows
MaldonadoCooney
Record†
0-528-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
90.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—85.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—86%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
0.8
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
5
31

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
G. G. Maldonado: No height on file
Gerry Cooney: 6′6″
Reachnot held
G. G. Maldonado: No reach on file
Gerry Cooney: 81″
Agenot held
G. G. Maldonado: No date of birth
Gerry Cooney: 70
Stance
G. G. Maldonado: Not recorded
Gerry Cooney: Orthodox

G. G. Maldonado left, Gerry Cooney right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
G. G. Maldonado0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

G. G. Maldonado: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Maldonado yet.

Gerry Cooney28 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Gerry Cooney: 28 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (86%), 3 on the cards (11%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 86%3 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — G. G. Maldonado 5, Gerry Cooney 31 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

G. G. Maldonado last boxed on Aug 26, 1978 — 17,592 days ago. Maldonado had lost five straight.LLLLL

Bozic Sep 1972Neumann Oct 1972Bobick Aug 1973Cooney Jun 1978Knoetze Aug 19780.8 tracked bouts per year

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,432 days ago. Cooney had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Brown Sep 1984Chaplin Dec 1984Gregg May 1986Spinks Jun 1987Foreman Jan 19902.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have G. G. Maldonado and Gerry Cooney ever fought each other?
Yes. G. G. Maldonado and Gerry Cooney met once on June 22, 1978, and Gerry Cooney won by TKO.
The meeting

LJun 22, 1978 · Cooney · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Maldonado or Cooney?
G. G. Maldonado is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gerry Cooney is 28-3. Gerry Cooney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Maldonado0–50%

Cooney28–390.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Maldonado or Cooney?
G. G. Maldonado has 0 knockout wins and Gerry Cooney has 24. Gerry Cooney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Maldonado0

Cooney2485.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Maldonado and Cooney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both G. G. Maldonado and Gerry Cooney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Maldonado and Cooney?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for G. G. Maldonado and 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Maldonado5bouts

Cooney31bouts

How They Win ↓

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